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Saturday: Homer baseball tops Petersburg, Ketchikan

The Homer baseball team finished up play at the Ketchikan Round Robin on Saturday by defeating Petersburg 11-3 and Ketchikan 3-2.

The Mariners are now 3-1 overall and finished 3-1 at the tournament.

Against Petersburg, a seven-run second inning was enough to give Homer all the advantage it would need in the game.

Weston Marley pitched the first six innings and gave up two runs — one earned — on three hits while walking three and striking out two. Jayden Sims finished with a scoreless inning.

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Marley helped himself at the plate by going 1 for 3 with two runs and an RBI. CJ Burns had a hit, run and two RBIs, while Preston Stanislaw had a hit, run and three RBIs. Willem Hakala also scored two runs for the Mariners.

Against Ketchikan, the Kings took a 2-0 lead into the fifth inning. Homer pushed across two runs in the fifth and one run in the sixth to take the victory.

Stanislaw went 2 1-3 innings on the bump, giving up two runs — one earned — on no hits while walking six and striking out two. Clyde Clemens finished with 4 2-3 scoreless innings, giving up two hits while walking four and striking out nine.

At the plate, Burns, Henry Wedvik and Clemens had the hits, Burns, Wedvik and Austin Briscoe had the runs, and Clemens had an RBI.

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